# obs vs ours

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### obs
*noun · frequency rank #34,614*
Police observation.

### ours
*pronoun · IPA /ˈaʊəz/ · frequency rank #5,527*
That or those belonging to us.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/obs-vs-ours